No prerequisites required

The course provides the tools and methodologies to acquire the basic skills of a safety engineer who must be able to carry out risk assessment in civil infrastructures and industrial plants

Provide the student with the knowledge to be able to:

- know and apply the engineering principles for risk assessment by referring to mandatory legislation.

- know the prevention and protection measures relating to the most well-known specific risks and with particular reference to fire risk assessment

- understand the technical-organizational problems and methodologies for the design and management of systems at risk of major accidents

Lectures, exercises and seminars

The exam consists of an in-depth study of a topic of the program

- Introduction to safety engineering: concepts, objectives, methods and fundamental legislation.

- Risk assessment methodologies and techniques. Introduction to the assessment of specific risks: chemical risk, physical risk, mechanical risk.

- Fire risk assessment: materials, technologies, ATEX environments, procedures according to the new Fire Prevention Code.

- The legislation for the design and management of systems at risk of major accidents (Direttive Seveso).

- Notes on Risk management systems ISO 31000 and HSE management systems ISO 45001 and OHSAS 18001 

Slides provided by the teacher